a perl question

[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 17:22 +0000, Avi Greenbury wrote:
> S
> This looks an awful lot like a homework (I can't imagine how else you
> would come across such a problem), so here's a quick pointer which
> you'll be able to use if you've covered much in the way of the basics of
> Perl[0]:
> 
> if ($_ =~ /[XYZ](.*)[/XYZ]/){
> 	$importantStuff = $importatStuff.$1;
> }
> 
> Remember, Perl is often little more than a glorified regular
> expression engine! :)

It is a bit more than that, but it does have a good RE engine.  If you
want specific beginning Perl help try this list: beginners at perl.org.

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